Patti Vasquez is joined by Cheyenne Kippenberger, former Miss Florida Seminole and Miss Indian World, and now CEO of CK Tribal Consulting. 

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Evan Low, president and CEO of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund.

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund works to elect LGBTQ+ representation at all levels of government, and LGBTQ+ Victory Institute works to train and support those LGBTQ+ elected officials.

Last week, Victory Institute released its signature Out for America report highlighting LGBTQ+ elected representation nationwide, including in Illinois. Evan speaks to the importance of building LGBTQ+ representation nationwide and in Illinois, the results of the recent report, and how LGBTQ+ Victory Fund is working to build a pro-equality movement to elect more LGBTQ+ candidates.

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Suzi Wirtz, Illinois Park and Recreation Association executive director, and Heather Weishaar, Illinois Park and Recreation Association communications and membership director. They talk about Unplug Illinois, a campaign created by the Illinois Park and Recreation Association that encourages people to unplug from their electronic devices and plug into play, creativity, friendship, adventure and family. The 7th Annual Unplug Illinois Day is this Saturday, July 12. 

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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Dr. Kathy Tynus are joined by Michelle Velasquez, chief strategy officer at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, and Dr. Kristin Lyerly, OB/GYN, 2024 candidate for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s pre-Civil War abortion law, and host of “The Kristin Lyerly Show” on Civic Media. They talk about Wednesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that the state's 176-year-old abortion law does not ban abortion.

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Sara Haghdoosti, executive director of Win Without War and Win Without War Education Fund, a diverse network of activists and organizations working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy. 

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Nathan Taylor, executive director of advocacy and public engagement for Election Truth Alliance, a grassroots, nonpartisan organization dedicated to supporting election analysis, discussion, and peaceful action to highlight potential election manipulation, interference, and irregularities in election results. 

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Travis Kennedy, author of the just-published satirical novel “The Whyte Python World Tour,” which follows Rikki Thunder, a 22-year-old drummer in an ’80s metal band who accidentally becomes an international spy. It’s a hilarious, high-suspense, head-banging journey steeped in ’80s nostalgia.

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Patti Vasquez is joined by DuPage Forest Preserve District Commissioner Rick Geiser, who shares his discovery that Martin Luther King Jr. visited the Blackwell Forest Preserve on June 23rd, 1967.

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Kaylee Peterson, three-time candidate for Congress in Idaho's 1st District.  She talks about how personal the recent Homer fire and firefighter murders are to her, her family and the community. Besides the fire destroying much of her family's land, the street Homer, where the shootings took place and how the fire got its name, is actually named after her grandfather, Homer.

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Dr. Jason Bussell, Ph.D., MBA MPH. He is director of Chicago Community Acupuncture. 

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